Crash shuts down SR-429 southbound in Winter Garden

METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT FORECAST IN A MOMENT, BUT WE NEED TO GET TO OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT 429 SITUATION NOW. MEGAN. YEAH. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO GET YOU RIGHT TO THAT CRASH. IT IS IN THE WINTER GARDEN AREA. STATE ROAD 429. THIS IS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND SOUTH OF STONY BROOK PARKWAY, TRAVELING TOWARDS NEW INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY. SO HEADING INTO THE HORIZON WEST AREA, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE LANES ARE SHUT DOWN THIS MORNING AND TRAFFIC IS ONLY GETTING BY HERE IN THAT FAR LEFT SHOULDER. HERE YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE CARS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. LOOKS LIKE THIS CAR SLAMMED INTO THAT GUARDRAIL. NOT LOOKING GOOD. WE DO KNOW THIS IS A CRASH WITH SOME INJURIES. SO HUGE DELAYS IN THIS AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE. ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD AVOID TRAVELING THERE. I-4 IS GOING TO BE THE DETOUR, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG DETOUR, SO PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE. THIS IS WHERE THOSE FLEX LANES ARE. SO IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THE CENTRAL FLORIDA EXPRESSWAY ACTIVATES THOSE WHEN THERE’S A BIG CRASH. AND THAT’S WHAT THESE X’S MEAN HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO WE HAVEN’T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF CRASHES SINCE THEY’VE ACTIVATED THOSE. BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS HOW THOSE WORKS. I’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIGNAGE THERE. WHEN THERE’S A SHUTDOWN, THEY DO PUT AN X TO INDICATE THAT THAT LANE IS CLOSING JUST AHEAD. SO ANTICIPATE THE SLOWDOWNS TRAVELING THERE THIS MORNING. ME PERSONALLY AGAIN I WOULD AVOID STATE ROAD 429 SOUTHBOUND. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING IN WINTER GARDEN. BUT AGAIN, THE DETOUR IS GOING TO BE ALONG I-4, SO WE’LL MONITOR THE BACKUPS AND THIS CRASH THIS MORNING AND CHECK IN WITH THOSE TRAVEL TIMES, BUT AT LEAST HEADIN

A crash shut down part of SR-429 in Winter Garden.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.Both lanes are shut down traveling southbound just past Stoneybrook Parkway.Drivers are getting by the crash on the left shoulder.Troopers say people were injured in the crash.This is a developing story.

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. —

A crash shut down part of SR-429 in Winter Garden.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Both lanes are shut down traveling southbound just past Stoneybrook Parkway.

Drivers are getting by the crash on the left shoulder.

Troopers say people were injured in the crash.

This is a developing story.